Stern Reprimand

The recent labor articles are worth expanding on. How about Stern's union at work litigating in an attempt to stop an employee election (see below). Maybe you can get an SEIU spokesperson, or even Larry Mazzola, to comment.

SEIU Union Lawyers File Desperate Federal Lawsuit to Block SFO Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues
Employee advocacy group intervenes to protect employees’ right to an election

http://www.nrtw.org/b/nr_642.php

Anyone reading Matt Smith's column should think twice before passing judgement on the union. I know nursing home workers because my mother's in a nursing home. If anyone deserves a union, better pay, and maybe some more staff to help the patients, it's these people. They are on the bottom of the totem pole, and they do work that -- yes, that's right, i'm gonna say it -- NO ONE else wants to do.

Why should the process of how they get a union even matter? If these workers are getting raises and feel like they've got some back-up on the job, I say go for it. In the end, all anyone cares about is results, and from what I've heard, the union has delivered on that.

SF WEEKLY JOURNALISM SCANDAL – MATT SMITH’S FALSE, INACCURATE, SLOPPY NEWS REPORTING

It appears that Matt Smith, “lead” reporter for The SF Weekly, is guilty of a journalism scandal - unfair, misleading, and inaccurate reporting of a news event – by making substantial reporting and researching errors with the results leading to misquotes, libelous and defamatory statements. Perhaps Matt Smith’s recent media scandal was a deliberate attempt to promote himself, mislead others, or a means to further a political goal.

According to Wikipedia, Journalism scandals are high-profile incidents or acts, whether intentional or accidental, that run contrary to the generally accepted ethics and standards of journalism, or otherwise violate the 'ideal' mission of journalism: to report news events and issues accurately and fairly.

SF Newspaper, Beyond Chron reported on Smith’s inaccurate journalistic reporting and research errors …

“It is no secret that the SF Weekly’s Matt Smith has trouble getting his facts straight …”

Smith was so excited to see a total lobbying amount of $4.8 million on the Clinic’s most recent 990 form that he ignored the fact that this was the maximum amount the group was authorized to spend.

“There is a line item just below that number that asks for the “Total lobbying expenditures.” Had Smith learned to read more carefully, he would have noted that this amount totaled $728.00.

In other words, Smith’s total – adopted without question by a sitting Supervisor – was wrong by over $4 million.

And just to show that Smith’s error may be based more on malice than ineptitude, there is another line that asks about “Grassroots lobbying expenditures.” That amount also totaled $728.00.

And Smith ignored the title of the key section, which reads "Lobbying ceiling amount." To most people, "ceiling" meets the top amount that can be spent, not the actual expenditure.”

Read complete article @ http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5069